This topic describes one of several options for installing a customized
installation package (CIP) that includes the IBM WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment, Version 6 product and one or more maintenance packages.
This topic describes how to use the CIP Installation wizard to install features
that are included in the CIP. The Installation wizard also installs maintenance
packages that are included in the CIP.
- Log on to the operating system.
Log on as root on an operating system such
as AIX® or Linux®, or as a member of the administrator
group on a Windows® system.
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When installing on a Windows system, a Windows service is automatically created
to autostart the application server if your installer user account
has the following advanced user rights:
- Act as part of the operating system
- Log on as a service
For example, on some Windows systems,
click
Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > User
Rights Assignments to set the advanced options. See your Windows documentation for more
information.
The installation wizard grants your Windows user ID the advanced user rights,
if the user ID belongs to the administrator group. The silent installation
does not grant these rights. If you create a new user ID on a Windows platform to perform
a silent installation, you must restart the system to activate the
proper authorizations for the user ID before you can perform a successful
silent installation.
If you
plan to run the application server as a Windows service, do not install from a user
ID that contains spaces. A user ID with spaces cannot be validated.
Such a user ID is not allowed to continue the installation. To work
around this problem, install with a user ID that does not contain
spaces.
- Insert the CD-ROM or DVD with the customized
installation package (CIP). Or access the directory where the CIP
is located. If necessary, mount the disc drive as described in Mounting disc drives on operating systems such as AIX or Linux.
- Start the installation directly with the install command.
- Change to the WAS directory.
- Run the install command.
- ./install
install
After launching the CIP installation wizard from the command
line, the wizard initializes and then displays the Welcome panel.
Click About this custom installation package to
display detailed information about the current custom installation
package, such as the edition and version.
- Click Next to continue.
The license agreement displays.
- Read the license agreement and accept its terms.
Click the radio button beside the message I
accept the terms in the license agreement to agree to
the license agreement and click Next to continue.
After you accept the licensing terms, the installation
wizard checks for a supported operating system and prerequisite patches.
If you encounter a problem such as not having the right prerequisite
updates on your system, cancel the installation, make the required
changes, and restart the installation.
Although
the installation wizard automatically checks for prerequisite operating
system patches with the prereqChecker application, review the prerequisites
on the WebSphere® Application
Server detailed system requirements web site if you have not
already done so.
Although the installation process
verifies that the minimum required version of the operating system
is available, the installation process might not correctly flag a
maintenance upgrade of that operating system version as being a supported
configuration. If you have upgraded your supported operating system
version to a higher maintenance level and you receive the following
error message, then you can ignore the message and click
Next.
Avoid trouble: Although maintenance upgrades of the same
major release are supported, subsequent
major releases of the
operating system might not be supported.
gotcha
Failed : Your operating system failed the
prerequisites check.
A supported operating system was not detected. Support for your
operating system might have been added after the release of the
product.
The Web site lists all supported
operating systems and the operating system fixes and patches that
you must install to have a compliant operating system.
Refer to the documentation for non-IBM prerequisite and
corequisite products to learn how to migrate to their supported versions.
- After confirming that your operating system is supported and that
you have installed all necessary patches, click Next to
continue.
The installation wizard checks
for a previous installation at the same major product level.
If
the wizard detects a previous installation, it displays the Existing installation
panel. This task assumes that a previous installation exists and that you
are adding features with an incremental installation.
The CIP wizard
detects all WebSphere Application Server installations. You can use a CIP
to update the binary files of base, Network Deployment, and Express installations.
Thus, you can use a CIP to do cross product installation. However, you cannot
upgrade from one product level to the next; for example, you cannot use a
CIP to upgrade from a Version 5 product to a Version 6 product. Further, you
cannot use a CIP to add features to a different edition installation.
- Select the check box to apply maintenance and
add features, then click Next.
Do not
change the installation directory unless another existing installation is
in the directory that you specify. An incremental installation adds features
to the shared binaries identified in the field.
You can add available
CIP features to the binaries at any time, by running the CIP Installation
wizard again. Installing additional features does not affect profiles that
you might have already created. (Profiles are runtime environments that are
described in a later step.)
When adding features during an incremental
installation, the wizard displays the Features selection panel next.
- Select features to install and click Next.
A
CIP might have from zero to all of the product features. You can install
only what was included in the CIP.
Table 1. Features for the WebSphere Application Server Network
Deployment product
Feature |
Description |
Core product
files |
Installs the product binary
code. |
Application
Server Samples |
Installs the Samples Gallery
and Plants By WebSphere applications. |
Javadoc |
Installs the application programming
interface (API) and system programming interface (SPI) documentation
for WebSphere Application
Server classes. |
For better performance in either a development or production
environment, do not install the Samples. By omitting the Samples,
you can improve application server startup time by 60 percent and
save 15 percent of disk space. You can save up to 30 percent of process
footprint (based on a maximum heap size of 256 MB).
The installation
wizard displays a confirmation panel.
- Review the summary information and click Next to
install the product code or Back to change
your specifications.
The disk space shown on the pre-installation
summary panel includes space for the Java™ Virtual
Machine (JVM). Subtract the size of the JVM for your operating system
to determine the installed size on disc for the features that you
selected.
Table 2. JVM sizes
AIX |
HP-UX |
Linux |
Solaris |
Windows |
59 MB |
pa-risc: 109 MB 64 bit: 137 MB
|
ia32: 83 MB 64 bit: 133 MB
|
81 MB |
ia32: 75 MB 64 bit: 71 MB
|
Verify that you have the total amount of free space
shown before installing. Space is required for a working copy of the
JVM during the installation.
The installation
wizard creates the uninstaller program and then displays a progress
panel that shows which components are being installed. At the end
of the installation, the wizard displays the Installation completion
panel.
At the end
of the installation, the wizard displays the Installation completion
panel.
- Verify the success of the installer program
by examining the completion panel and the log.txt file
for installation status.
Examine
the app_server_root/logs/log.txt file
to verify that there were no file system or other unusual errors while
installing. If there are problems, correct them, and reinstall the
product.
The slip install log for the
Installation Factory is located in the app_server_root/logs/log.txt file,
which is the same log file as for a normal installation. If the file
already exists, new log messages are appended to the file.
If you use the Update Installer to uninstall
maintenance packages that the Installation Factory installed in a
slip installation, the results are in a log in the app_server_root/logs/update directory.
If
problems occur, consult the following applicable logs:
Log files for WebSphere Application Server products: The
following table shows the installation logs, content, and indicators
of success and failure for WebSphere Application
Server products for Version 6.
Table 3. Installation and profile creation logs for WebSphere Application Server
products
Log |
Content |
Indicators |
app_server_root/logs/log.txt |
Logs all installation events |
- INSTCONFFAIL
- Total installation failure.
- INSTCONFSUCCESS
- Successful installation.
- INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
- Installation errors occurred but the installation is still usable.
Additional information identifies the errors.
|
app_server_root/wasprofileprofile_name.log |
- Traces all events that occur during the creation of the named
profile
- Created when using the Profile Creation wizard or the wasprofile command
|
- INSTCONFFAIL
- Total profile creation failure.
- INSTCONFSUCCESS
- Successful profile creation.
- INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
- Profile creation errors occurred but the profile is still functional.
Additional information identifies the errors.
|
app_server_root/logs/wasprofile/wasprofile_delete_ profile_name.log |
- Traces all events that occur during the deletion of the named
profile
- Created when using the Profile Creation wizard or the wasprofile command
|
- INSTCONFFAIL
- Total profile deletion failure.
- INSTCONFSUCCESS
- Successful profile deletion.
- INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
- Profile deletion errors occurred but the profile is still deleted.
Additional information identifies the errors.
|
profile_root/logs/pctLog.txt |
Logs all profile creation events that occur
when using the Profile Creation wizard |
- INSTCONFFAIL
- Total profile creation failure.
- INSTCONFSUCCESS
- Successful profile creation.
- INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
- Profile creation errors occurred but the profile is still functional.
Additional information identifies the errors.
|
app_server_root\logs\instconfig.log (Not
available on systems such as AIX or Linux) |
Logs the activities of ANT configuration scripts
that run at the end of the installation procedure. |
- Configuration action failed:
- Unsuccessful ANT script configuration.
- Configuration action succeeded:
- Successful ANT script configuration.
|
If the installation of the core product files fails,
fix the error and reinstall.
If the creation
of a profile fails, fix the error and run the Profile Creation wizard to
recreate the profile.
Troubleshoot the installation
if the app_server_root/logs/log.txt file
or the app_server_root/logs/wasprofile/wasprofile_create_default.log file
does not contain a record of any problems, but problems exist.
See Troubleshooting installation and Installation component troubleshooting tips for more information.
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Examine the Start menu entry. The menu is an indication
of a successful installation:
- [All]
Programs > IBM WebSphere > Application Server Network Deployment v6
If problems exist that cause you to reinstall the product,
correct the errors, uninstall the product as described in Uninstalling the product, reboot a Windows machine or log off and back on as
root on a machine with an operating system such as AIX or Linux,
and reinstall.
- Click Finish to close
the installation wizard.
Select
the check box to launch the Profile Creation wizard, then click Next to
close the installation wizard and launch the Profile Creation wizard.
See Creating profiles using the graphical user interface for
more information.
Results
The Installation wizard installs the new features in the existing
installation root directory. The Installation wizard configures the WebSphere
Application Server Network Deployment product for the new features.
You must create a profile that defines a deployment
manager, a managed node, or a stand-alone application server to have
an operational environment.
The Installation wizard
updates selected features to the new maintenance level. If any maintenance
package includes service for an existing profile, the profile is updated to
the new service level.
What to do next
Create a deployment manager profile and an application
server profile.
Use the Profile Creation wizard to create profiles
in the default profile_root directory
or in a directory that you select.
See Creating profiles using the graphical user interface.
Deploy
an application to get started!
After creating an
application server profile, you can deploy an application. See Fast paths for WebSphere Application Server to
get started deploying applications.
Note: Adding the samples
feature does not automatically deploy the samples to existing profiles that
did not have samples deployed to them initially. New profiles need to be created
to deploy the samples.